Turn signal wiring questions

[38plymouth]

I bought the foxton turn signal switch, it's the one with the green light on the end. I have a few questions about hooking it up. I'm putting it on a stock 6 volt neg. ground 38 plymouth.

Does the switch need to be grounded? I'm thinking it should be grounded to the hose clamp that holds it in place.

The orange wire is supposed to go to the stoplight switch. I found the side that has power when I step on the brakes. Do I just jump into that wire and leave the original wire still connected?

I'm using the stock stop/tail lights for the rear signals. Do I hook into the tail light side or brake light side? Do I just tap into one of the wires or cut it and connect it directly to the switch (bypassing the original wire)?

I don't have front lights picked out yet, will the rears work with the front unhooked?

I read on here that the napa 535 flasher works well so I'll try to buy one tomorrow. I would really appreiate any help, I'm hoping to hook this up tomorrow afternoon.

[steveplym]

Does the switch need to be grounded? I'm thinking it should be grounded to the hose clamp that holds it in place.

Yes, it grounds through the clamp on the steering wheel.

The orange wire is supposed to go to the stoplight switch. I found the side that has power when I step on the brakes. Do I just jump into that wire and leave the original wire still connected?

Ok, on my P-15 the center lamp on the trunk only lit up with the brake light switch. What I did was take the orange wire from the turn signal switch and the wire that went into the existing brake light switch, put them together in a connector and connected them to the brake light switch. This ran the taillight/turn signal lights on the side, they light up with the center brake light now when the brake is applied. So if you have the same type of setup you can do it that way. If you only have two lamps in the back just hook the orange wire up to the brake light switch. It will send the voltage thru the turn signal switch and back to the taillights.

I'm using the stock stop/tail lights for the rear signals. Do I hook into the tail light side or brake light side? Do I just tap into one of the wires or cut it and connect it directly to the switch (bypassing the original wire)?

Connect the brake light side directly to the turn signal switch. The turn signal switch will control everything on the brake light side of the bulb. That way your turn signals will be nice and bright as well as the brake lights. Keep the tail lights connected to the headlamp switch.

I don't have front lights picked out yet, will the rears work with the front unhooked?

I'm not sure, I've never had them unhooked. I just forgot about parking lights with these and ran the wires directly to the turn signal switch.

I read on here that the napa 535 flasher works well so I'll try to buy one tomorrow. I would really appreciate any help, I'm hoping to hook this up tomorrow afternoon.

You just need a 3 prong flasher, and in your case it needs to be 6 volt. It should have 3 letters on it, "p", "L", and "x" or "+". One I bought from Andy B has a p and L, but no other letters, just figured that is where the power wire went to.

[38plymouth]

Thank you for the info. I'm running out to get the flasher this morning and then I'll start wiring. I'm hoping this goes smoothly.

[38plymouth]

I got it all hooked up and it works great. I clamped the switch behind the dash so it's barely visible but I can still reach it easily. Now I have to find some front lights that I like and I'm going to add a small indicator light in an existing hole in the dash.

I took the switch apart before putting it in and I found 2 wires that were never soldered on. I fixed them and it works good.